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FUEL UNK.` APPLICATION FILED APR;22,1921.

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FUEL TANK.A

APPLICATION FILED APR 22,1921.

. Patented June 13, 1922.

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FUEL TANK.

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Application led April 22, 1921. Serial No. 463,735.

'To all wlw/m t may concern.'

Be it knownthat I, VICTOR W. PAG, a citizen of the United States, and aresident 0f the city of New York, Kew Gardens, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, vhave invented a new and Improved Fuel Tank, of which the following is'a full, clear, and exact descrip-v tion.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in Avehicle bodies and it pertains more particularly to a fuel tank construction therefor.

It is one of the primary objects of the 1n-` vention to construct ,a fuel tank compartment in such a manner that au overflowing 4of the fuel contained therein owing either to a leak in the tank or to carelessness in the filling thereof, will be conveyed to a point exterior of the vehicle body.

It is a further object of the invention to construct a fuel tank Compartment in such a manner that the same is readily accessible for the purpose of filling.

It is va still further object of the invention lto so construct a fuel tank compartment that the same has no communication with the passenger compartment of the body.

With thel above and' other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional View partly broken away of a motor vehicle-body showing the construction of the fuel tank compartment;

Fig. 2 isa similar view of a slightly modified for-m of theinvention;

Referring more particularly to the drawings thereference character 5 designates the body, and 6 designates theA c'owl section thereof. This cowl section is divided into a fuel tank compartment by a front partition 7 and arear partition 8. The front partition extends throughout the height of the body and separates the tank compartment from the engine compartment 9. The cowl 6 is provided with a hinge closure 10 adapted to form the means for permitting access to the tank compartment to -fill the tank in a manner to be hereinafter described.

The reference character 11 designates the fuel tank, and 12 designates the filling opening thereof. This tank is preferably supported from the forward partit1on 7 of the tank compartment by suitable supporting means 13. Surrounding the tank 11 is an Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1922.

apron or the like 15, said apron beingsecured t0 the front partition 7, as at 16, and to the rear partition 8, as at 17 This apron has'its walls inclinedand leading to a dis charge 19 in the form of a pipe extending through the floor 20 of the body. The reference character 2l designates a oor board which is angularly disposed with respect to the apron 15, tankcompartment, and. floor of the body 5.

When it vis'desired to filld' the tank, the hinge closure 10 is opened and the/cap removed from the filling opening thereof. If upon filling the tank 11, the fuel should overflow or splash upon the tank 11R it is apparent' that -as the lsame drains from the tank, it will be pickedy up by the apron and conveyed to a point where it will be discharged from the` body 6, thereby preventing its entering thepassen er compartment, or the accumulation of fue at any point in the car. lt is also true that should the tank 11, through any cause, spring a leak, the leakage would be conveyed bymeans of the apron 15 to the pipe 19 which would serve t0 dischargeit fromthe car.

In Fig. 2 is shown a slightly modified form of the invention, and in this form the bottom wall, 30 of the tankvis secured to the forward partition 7, as at 31, and to the rear partition 8, as at 32'.

The reference characters 33 and 34 designate the front and rea'r walls, respectively, of the tank, and said front and rear walls extend upwardly as shown. The top wall 35 of the tank is secured to the side walls as at'36, at a point below their upper edge,

which construction provides an upstanding flange 37 defining the top of the tank 11. The top wall 35 is formed with a depending pipe or the like 38 which extends through the tank 11 and secured to the lower, end thereof, as at 39, is a` discharge pipe 40, leading through the floor 2O of the vehicle body.v This pipe- 38 extends through the tank 11 and has its upper end open to the space defined by the upstanding flange 37, as indicated at 41, at the lowest point of the top wall 35, it being understood that the top wall 35 is inclined, preferably forwardly of the tank compartment. By this construction, any leakage or splash due to filling or a faulty closure, will be conveyed from the top wall 35 by means of the" pipe 38, to the .point exterior of the vehicle.

2. In combination with a motor vehicle and its fuel tank, means associated with said 15 fuel tank and adapted to collect and convey the overflow 'thereof to a` point removed from the motor vehicle and its fuel tank.

3. In a fuel tank, a top Wall positioned at a point below the upper edge of the side 20 Walls of the tank to provide an upstandin flange defining the top Wall of the tank, an means for conveying liquid accumulations' 'from ysaid 'top Wall, said means extending through the tank andthe bottom'vvall there- 25 of, substantially as described.

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